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just today we were talking in the newsroom about syria. we would not know what is happening inside syria if it is not for twitter, social media, youtube. news reporters are not allowed in. we cannot verify exactly whether the information is authentic, but we see all these videos uprou uploaded to youtube. people are tweeting, getting information out. ordinary people will not stand for repression. they will find ways to organize themselves, they will find ways to tell the world and ask for help. >> it is happening on a very big way. and then you mentioned there is some food. what is the food connection here? >> actually, we -- people were tweeting about food, that doesn't even quiexist in the und states. the mclobster, that was the number one hash tag about food. people kept tweeting about the mclobster that is coming to the united states. >> they wanted it to happen they were wishing. >> they burst their bubble and said, no, it is not going to happen. >> no one knows where that came from, how that got started? >> no. maybe somebody said th
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the video from the newsroom. they were near the same area still recovering from that quake in february. two injuries are reported. the airport in christchurch is now closed. >>> syrian state tv says that two suicide car bombs have exploded in the capitol. 38 people are reported dead. cnn can't confirm that number. according to the state run media the casualties include civilians and military personnel. >>> republican controlled house of representatives just approved a two-month extension of the payroll tax cut. that sends the measure right to president obama and ends a heated standoff over that issue. j all right. it's time for political buzz. your rapid fire look at the best political topics of the day. three questions, 30 seconds on the clock. playing today cnn contributor maria cardona. award winning comedian dean obadela. chris metzler. the house just approved this two-month extension of the payroll tax cut. so did speaker boehner cave to president obama and who comes out winning? maria? >> yeah, he certainly
the video from the newsroom. they were near the same area still recovering from that quake in february. two injuries are reported. the airport in christchurch is now closed. >>> syrian state tv says that two suicide car bombs have exploded in the capitol. 38 people are reported dead. cnn can't confirm that number. according to the state run media the casualties include civilians and military personnel. >>> republican controlled house of representatives just approved a...
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now more cnn newsroom with asha sesay. >> thanks, natalie. let's catch you up on everything making the news this hour. rapid fire. let's go. one week from tomorrow, americans will cast their first votes in the 2012 presidential race. that's when iowa holds its caucuses. polls show no clear winner the republican race. three candidates in a dead heat, newt gingrich, ron paul and mitt romney. the american research group shows paul at 21%, romney at 20%. as you see, gingrich at 19%. the other candidates are all in single digits. >>> a medical helicopter carrying three people crashed in florida this morning. the mayo clinic confirms two of its employees were on the helicopter headed to the university of florida in gainesville to harvest organs. the faa say it is chopper went down east of gainesville. there's no word yet on whether anyone survived the crash. >>> a christmas gathering near dallas ends in a massacre. police in grapevine, texas, say seven family members were shot to death while opening presents. investigators believe the attacker is a
now more cnn newsroom with asha sesay. >> thanks, natalie. let's catch you up on everything making the news this hour. rapid fire. let's go. one week from tomorrow, americans will cast their first votes in the 2012 presidential race. that's when iowa holds its caucuses. polls show no clear winner the republican race. three candidates in a dead heat, newt gingrich, ron paul and mitt romney. the american research group shows paul at 21%, romney at 20%. as you see, gingrich at 19%. the other...
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>> we're at 22-41 shippan avenue. it's the house next door. major fire. three kids and a woman. >> reporter: trapped inside the stamford, connecticut, home, grandparents and their three granddaughters, 10-year-old lily and 7-year-old twins grace and sarah. >> major, major fire with people in the house. >> we have a fire crew on the way, ma'am. >> please, come quickly. >> reporter: the house was under renovation. it appears fireplace embers placed in an outdoor trash enclosure near the home ignited the blaze. mom managed to climb out on to scaffolding frantically directing firefighters to the third floor where she said her children were sleeping. >> the crew pushed through two rooms unable to find the children. they were pushed back by the intensity of the heat and flames. >> grabbing two of the frightened girls, family friend seen here on their facebook page, reached the second floor. >> the heat drove him to get separated and it looks like one went back upstairs and another one was found with the grandmother. >> reporter: grandfather lomar had spent chri
>> we're at 22-41 shippan avenue. it's the house next door. major fire. three kids and a woman. >> reporter: trapped inside the stamford, connecticut, home, grandparents and their three granddaughters, 10-year-old lily and 7-year-old twins grace and sarah. >> major, major fire with people in the house. >> we have a fire crew on the way, ma'am. >> please, come quickly. >> reporter: the house was under renovation. it appears fireplace embers placed in an...
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. >>> you're in the cnn newsroom. it is sunday, december 11th. i'm fredricka whitfield. a look at the stories we're covering. the morning after the gop debate in iowa, six of the seven republican candidates squared off about being a career politician, infidelity and knowing the facts. >> you're for individual mandates my friend. >> you know what, you've raised that before, rick, and you're simply wrong. >> no. it's true now. >> rick, i'll tell you what -- $10,000 bucks? $10,000 bet? >> i'm not in the betting business. >> who were last night's winners and losers. cnn's deputy political director paul steinhauser joins us live from des moines in a few moments. former leader manuel noriega is on a flight right now destination, panama, to face jail time tore the killings two of political opponents in the 1980s. noriega spent 22 years in prison in the united states and france for drug trafficking and money laundering. today france turned noriega over to panamanian authorities before boarding the plane. >>> los angeles police have identified the man in this terrifying video. it
. >>> you're in the cnn newsroom. it is sunday, december 11th. i'm fredricka whitfield. a look at the stories we're covering. the morning after the gop debate in iowa, six of the seven republican candidates squared off about being a career politician, infidelity and knowing the facts. >> you're for individual mandates my friend. >> you know what, you've raised that before, rick, and you're simply wrong. >> no. it's true now. >> rick, i'll tell you what --...
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brooke baldwin takings over here in the "cnn newsroom". >>> hello to all of you. i'm brooke baldwin. as always, rapid fire, let's go. beginning with iraq, iraq's prime minister at the white house today, norry al malaki and barack obama looking ahead he to the day just three weeks from now when nearly all u.s. forces are expected to be out of iraq. >> throughout the region we'll see a new iraq that's determining its own destiny, a country in which people from different religious sects and ethnicities can resolve their differences peacefully through the democratic process. >>> also it this hour, we are watching the markets as you can see the dow down 216 points here, two hours from the closing bell. the p markmarkets are down beca growing doubts over the european debt crisis also are over intel. >>> also breaking today, arizona's tough immigration law going to the u.s. supreme court, they'll decide whether the state can enforce it as the obama administration is fighting against it. a ruling expected in june. >>> mitt romney stepping up his attacks on newt gingrich.
brooke baldwin takings over here in the "cnn newsroom". >>> hello to all of you. i'm brooke baldwin. as always, rapid fire, let's go. beginning with iraq, iraq's prime minister at the white house today, norry al malaki and barack obama looking ahead he to the day just three weeks from now when nearly all u.s. forces are expected to be out of iraq. >> throughout the region we'll see a new iraq that's determining its own destiny, a country in which people from different...
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"cnn newsroom" with hala gorani. >> we begin right now with a stunning shakeup in iowa. just five days before the presidential caucuses. a new cnn/"time"/orc international poll shows newt gingrich in a free fall. the former one-time frontrunner plunges to fourth place and long shot rick santorum leap frogs into fourth. his support has tripled since the beginning of the month and closing in on mitt romney and ron paul who are locked in the statistical ties within the margin of error. joe johns is in des moines to break it down. of course, the question is, did the gingrich camp see this coming? >> yeah, i think to some degree they saw this coming. hammering ron paul, for example. also, mitt romney. it's pretty clear that gingrich saw he had some problems because he was just getting hammered on tv ads day after day from these guys. a lot of people attacking his baggage, attacking his alleged flip-flops. questioning his conservative credentials, questioning what he did when he was speaker of the house and his relationship with nancy pelosi. all of these things play into the
"cnn newsroom" with hala gorani. >> we begin right now with a stunning shakeup in iowa. just five days before the presidential caucuses. a new cnn/"time"/orc international poll shows newt gingrich in a free fall. the former one-time frontrunner plunges to fourth place and long shot rick santorum leap frogs into fourth. his support has tripled since the beginning of the month and closing in on mitt romney and ron paul who are locked in the statistical ties within the...
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hour of "cnn newsroom." at 4:00 p.m. newt gingrich and rick perry and then at 6:00 eastern michele bachmann goes one-on-one with john king and donald trump makes an appearance on "piers morgan tonight" at 9:00 eastern only on cnn. >> i'm exhausted already. >> i can't wait. >> i can't either. >>> president obama taking his push to extend a payroll tax cut on the road. he was in kansas stressing how he thinks a deal is vital to your paycheck and the american dream. >> they want to return to the same practices that got us into this mess. in fact, they want to go back to the same policies that stack the deck against middle class americans for way too many years. and their philosophy is simple. we are better off when everybody is left to fend for themselves and play by their own rules. i am here to say, they are wrong. >> failure to reach a deal by the end of the year could cost you $1,000. and the countdown is officially on. president obama turning up the pressure on congress to extend the popular payroll tax cut with a coun
hour of "cnn newsroom." at 4:00 p.m. newt gingrich and rick perry and then at 6:00 eastern michele bachmann goes one-on-one with john king and donald trump makes an appearance on "piers morgan tonight" at 9:00 eastern only on cnn. >> i'm exhausted already. >> i can't wait. >> i can't either. >>> president obama taking his push to extend a payroll tax cut on the road. he was in kansas stressing how he thinks a deal is vital to your paycheck and the...
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his 22-year-old daughter. according to the listing, the apartment which covers the length of a city block, has ten rooms and two wood burning fireplaces. >>> fort knox, kentucky. these never get old. take a look. 300 soldiers returning home in time for the holidays. look at that excited young lady there. they spent a year in afghanistan helping the country's security forces. >>> there will be a little something special coming up on monday night fnl football. espn says betty white will be the star of the show's open. they're saying that the 89-year-old comedian will be part of a holiday themed piece. also tough go right now for kobe bryant. it's been rough out there for him. you know by now that he's actually getting a divorce. also he thought he was going to get a chance to play with chris paul in that whole trade, but commissioner blocked that deal. now, throw this in, an injury. he has a torn ligament in his right wrist. this happened in monday night's preseason game against the clippers. we're told now that
his 22-year-old daughter. according to the listing, the apartment which covers the length of a city block, has ten rooms and two wood burning fireplaces. >>> fort knox, kentucky. these never get old. take a look. 300 soldiers returning home in time for the holidays. look at that excited young lady there. they spent a year in afghanistan helping the country's security forces. >>> there will be a little something special coming up on monday night fnl football. espn says betty...
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at least 22 others were taken to the hospital. some 40 cars and trucks were involved in the crash which occurred in thick fog. for the second day in a row, we are reporting on a gruesome murder of an american traveling in mexico. the body of 18-year-old alex maron was found charred in the back of a car. friends are reacting. >> daniela remembers her cousin as a full of life 18-year-old with an easy smile. >> always smiling, happy. he enjoyed life. >> the high school senior played football and was involved in gymnastics at their high school in suburban chicago. they were often together. he took a holiday trip to the mexican state of michoacan. a vacation that would be his last. >> we'll have more on that story a little later. he was in mexico visiting his grandmother. >>> a dramatic youtube video of fighting in syria. activists report nearly three dozen people dead today alone. monitors find out from homs, the e epicenter. killings are reported in all the regions they visited. >>> federal prosecutors are preparing for what would be
at least 22 others were taken to the hospital. some 40 cars and trucks were involved in the crash which occurred in thick fog. for the second day in a row, we are reporting on a gruesome murder of an american traveling in mexico. the body of 18-year-old alex maron was found charred in the back of a car. friends are reacting. >> daniela remembers her cousin as a full of life 18-year-old with an easy smile. >> always smiling, happy. he enjoyed life. >> the high school senior...
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. >>> that does it for us here in the "cnn newsroom" in atlanta. my colleague, suzanne malveaux, is in washington today. she's going to take it over from here. suzanne. good to see you. >> good to see you. i heard you call suzanne suzanne. that happens to everybody. >> please apologize. i saw that. you're the first one that comes to my mind. >> thanks. live from washington i'm suzanne malveaux. i want to get you up to speed for this monday, december 12th. marking the end of the war in iraq, after almost nine years of bloodshed. right now president obama and the iraqi prime minister they're discuss r meeting to discuss the troop withdrawal. virtually all u.s. troops are going to be out of iraq by the end of the month. >>> president obama accuses republicans of playing politics now with the economy. this in an interview, cbs's ""60 minutes"," the president challenges the political partisanship. he says republican strategy cuts him off at the knees. >> i think the republicans made a different calculation, which was, you know what, we really screwed up
. >>> that does it for us here in the "cnn newsroom" in atlanta. my colleague, suzanne malveaux, is in washington today. she's going to take it over from here. suzanne. good to see you. >> good to see you. i heard you call suzanne suzanne. that happens to everybody. >> please apologize. i saw that. you're the first one that comes to my mind. >> thanks. live from washington i'm suzanne malveaux. i want to get you up to speed for this monday, december 12th....
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will syria comply? >> reporter: it does not look like the syrian government is in any mood to cooperate or negotiate. in the meantime, we're seeing a disturbing transformation of the syrian opposition movement that started out last march, marching peacefully, calling for change and turning increasingly into an armed movement. look at this incredible video that we believe was shot within the last couple of days. look in your lower right hand corner. there's a mansweeping up debris on a largely empty st. an armed personnel carrier up the road. the walks back in the shot carrying a rocket propelled grenade launcher and fires it with incredible accuracy at that armor personnel carrier, showing some degree of training, real sophistication there. we're seeing in other cities across syria, particularly in the northwest, other armed groups of rebels, many defectors from the syrian military and taken up arms and engaged in clashes with the syrian civilian forces, something we did not see five, six months ago. it
will syria comply? >> reporter: it does not look like the syrian government is in any mood to cooperate or negotiate. in the meantime, we're seeing a disturbing transformation of the syrian opposition movement that started out last march, marching peacefully, calling for change and turning increasingly into an armed movement. look at this incredible video that we believe was shot within the last couple of days. look in your lower right hand corner. there's a mansweeping up debris on a...
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. >> cnn newsroom continues right now with randi kaye. >> hello. it's 1:00 eastern. let's get straight to the news. a week ahead of the. >> with a caucuses ron paul's campaign is blasting allegations of a former aid that paul opposed the war in afghanistan is personally uncomfortable around gays and thinks israel is more trouble than its worth. in an online essay he says he is not anti-semitic and not homophobic. he'll join me on the phone in the next segment and ask the tough questions. >>> with one week to the way caucuses, it is an easy guess where they are today. five in fact crisscrossing the hawkeye state right now or will be later today, including perry, gingrich, bachmann and romney. on the ground right now in iowa, sanatorium at the gop headquarters in fort dodge. romney was on the stump in new hampshire this morning but is expected in iowa later today. next tuesday's bat sl the first contest in the race for the republican nomination for those living in iowa you can expect an explosion of campaign television and radio commercials. latest american he verge gr
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tore to get are your top stories in the "cnn newsroom." >>> it's going to be hilarious. stay home. deep on cnn. stay with us. >>> the countdown to the republican caucuses. the first contest over who will face president obama in november. we'll take you live to des moines. >>> and a corporation bows to public pressure. verizon convenience fee, fuhgedaboudit. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> we start with iowa and the republican presidential race. there are just three days now until the first votes are cast, which means plenty of action this weekend in places like goblin goat and bloomers. a taste of what potential voters are hearing. >> we are just a few days, you know, before, before an important election. some people say, why does iowa have so much clout? it's a small state, and it has such great meaning, because it's sending a message around the country. >> a week ago we in last place. so right now people are thinking -- >> my whole emphasis on brain science coming in directly from dealing -- see that ambush, dealing with the real problems of real people in my family. an
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a simpler way to ship. >>> a horrific massacre in syria. that is how the country's main opposition group is describing the government's crack down this week. this amateur video you are seeing is said to show a gun battle on the streets. the opposition said almost 250 people were killed over a 48 hour period. the group is calling on the arab league and the u.n. security ko council to step in and stop the killing of civilians. they turned out by the thousands. joining us live from cairo. you have actually been to see one of the women who was attacked. what did she say about what is taking place there. >> we have scheduled an interview today. a 48-year-old egyptian female protester who was beaten and whose beating because caught on tape. when we got to the hospital today, it was a very disturbing scene. they went into the room. the woman was screaming in pain. heavily bandaged on her head with a skull fracture. she had visible gashes on her face. heavily bruised. wouldn't stop screaming, saying she thought she was going to die, that she needed
a simpler way to ship. >>> a horrific massacre in syria. that is how the country's main opposition group is describing the government's crack down this week. this amateur video you are seeing is said to show a gun battle on the streets. the opposition said almost 250 people were killed over a 48 hour period. the group is calling on the arab league and the u.n. security ko council to step in and stop the killing of civilians. they turned out by the thousands. joining us live from cairo....
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the world's attention now focused on syria, will it be the next domino to fall. even with the brutal crackdown of the regime, demonstrators are on the streets. according to the u.n., at least 5,000 have been killed since march. some fight for their freedom, others protest for bread and butter. in europe, thousands demonstrate, angry at tough economic conditions. furious protesters in greece battle with riot police for weeks against paycuts and layoffs. >> this is called a suicide earlier on by the bank of greece governor. he said if we don't pass this, the country's gone. >> reporter: in england, peaceful protests turned ugly. discontented youth fought with police and looted and destroyed parts of the city. in september, the "occupy wall street" movements started in new york and soon gripped major capitals around the world, condemning the wealthiest 1% for leaving the other 99% out in the cold. and by december, a glimpse of people power in russia, thousands marched, rejecting election results frustrated, too, with corruption and economic stagnation. 2011 shattere
the world's attention now focused on syria, will it be the next domino to fall. even with the brutal crackdown of the regime, demonstrators are on the streets. according to the u.n., at least 5,000 have been killed since march. some fight for their freedom, others protest for bread and butter. in europe, thousands demonstrate, angry at tough economic conditions. furious protesters in greece battle with riot police for weeks against paycuts and layoffs. >> this is called a suicide earlier...
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on sunday, at least 22 more demonstrators were killed. the number of deaths now reaching at least 4,000 since the government crackdown began in mid-march. syria's government says it will survive sanctions. >>> tense of thousands of people without power if last week's wind storms in southern california. forecasters warn another blast of high winds could be a problem this morning. that's raising big concerns in fire-prone areas like malibu and western los angeles county. 300 firefighters are in position this morning just in case. >>> also in position this morning, rob marciano in the extreme weather center. good morning, rob. >> good morning, guys. it's going to be two days of fire danger and high winds across parts of southern california. they had a break yesterday, but it was a long weekend of cleaning up. hopefully a lot of that debris has been moved off of areas that could be dangerous. winds, 30 -- 40 to 60 miles an hour. the debris will get blown around and calm down this afternoon and the winds come back tonight. today and tomorrow,
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cnn newsroom continues with randi kaye. >> hi, natalie, thank you very much. >>> lets's get straight to the news from urban dale in the early morning to boone at night the gop presidential hopefuls are carrying as much ground as they possibly can in a state that could make or break them six days from today. iowa's caucuses will generate in-flows of crash and street cred for the winner. three major contenders running bus towards, all with the exception of jon huntsman are there. ron paul, mitt romney, michele bachmann and rick santorum have events this hour. we'll dip into the events and delve into the latest campaign intrigues in our fair game segment just about a half an hour or so from now. >>> remember all that fuss about raising the nation's debt ceiling? well, guess what? it is time to ask for the final installment in a series of debt hikes authorized back in august. when we came within just days of a government default. this one is worth about $1.2 trillion, pushing the legal debt limit to $16.4 trillion, and this time the fuss should be less, but not non-existent. the increase
cnn newsroom continues with randi kaye. >> hi, natalie, thank you very much. >>> lets's get straight to the news from urban dale in the early morning to boone at night the gop presidential hopefuls are carrying as much ground as they possibly can in a state that could make or break them six days from today. iowa's caucuses will generate in-flows of crash and street cred for the winner. three major contenders running bus towards, all with the exception of jon huntsman are there....